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News

Apple protects your privacy, and Siri sucks because of it

06.16.18

By William Turton
Tech

Amazon Basically Made the Telescreen From ‘1984’

05.09.17

By Carl Franzen
News

How an Amazon Echo could testify in an Arkansas murder trial

02.08.17

By Ravi Somaiya
Tech

‘Sirius’ Is the Google-Backed Open Source Siri

03.11.15

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Music

4 Songs That Deserve a Spot on the ‘Knight of Seven Kingdoms’ Soundtrack

If ‘Game of Thrones’ spinoff ‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ had a soundtrack, you can bet folk-metalers Amon Amarth should be on it.

17 minutes ago

By Stephen Andrew Galiher and Stephen Andrew Galiher
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Music

3 Albums That Defined Tumblr’s Music Era

Tumblr’s music scene featured many artists and albums, but these three always come to mind when considering its indie-sleaze era.

47 minutes ago

By Lauren Boisvert
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Gaming

Crimson Desert PS5 Specs Revealed – Here’s How It Runs on PS5 Pro and Xbox

Crimson Desert PS5 specs have been revealed by Pearl Abyss. Here’s how the RPG runs on PS5 Pro, PS5, Xbox Series X, and Series S.

1 hour ago

By Brent Koepp
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Comedy

The Comedian Who Flipped Off Ed Sullivan on Live TV — and Eventually Made Up With Him

The variety show host made it difficult for an up-and-coming comic to get gigs after branding him unreliable and vulgar

1 hour ago

By Tony Alpsen
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Comedy

Joan Rivers Mortgaged Her Home to Make a Movie About Billy Crystal Getting Pregnant

The stand-up pioneer never directed another film as long as she lived

1 hour ago

By Tony Alpsen